We've Seen the Future, and It's Unmanned
Every so often in history, something profound happens that changes warfare forever. Next year, for the first time ever, the Pentagon will buy more unmanned aircraft than manned, line-item proof that we are in a new age of fighting machines, in which war will be ever more abstract, ever more distant, and ruthlessly efficient. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Tobie Openshaw (f)
I think he's right that UAV's are going to increasingly be part of warfare globally, for the U.S. military and others as well. It's eerie that all those kids playing violent video games are in a sense training to wage the future wars.